U.K. Court Allows the Extradition
Of Bankers to U.S. in Enron Case

By

Anita Raghavan

Updated Feb. 22, 2006 12:01 a.m. ET

A United Kingdom High Court ruled that three British bankers may be extradited to the U.S. to stand trial on Enron-related fraud charges, marking the first test of a U.K. law intended to speed up the transfer of suspected terrorists.

The ruling, which is expected to be appealed to Britain's House of Lords, is likely to embolden U.S. law-enforcement authorities in their intensifying efforts to enforce U.S. laws globally.